With eight games left in the regular season, Ohio State still has an outside chance to win its first Big Ten title under Chris Holtmann
Of the four teams currently ahead of the Buckeyes, they'll only get to see Illinois and Michigan State down the stretch after losing to Purdue by three in West Lafayette back on January 30 and splitting their season series with Wisconsin.
Beyond those two however, four of Ohio State's remaining eight games come against teams ranked in the bottom half of the Big Ten standings. Notably, tonight's opponent, Minnesota, along with Maryland and Nebraska, represent the three worst teams in conference action and the trio accounts for 38% of Ohio State's remaining schedule.
Second-place Purdue has just five games left to play but two of those come on the road against Michigan State and Wisconsin. Beyond those, they travel to Northwestern and get Rutgers and Indiana at home. I suppose a 14-6 record is a possibility versus 15-5 but it's likely a major stretch to think they'd lose three of five to finish 13-7.Third-place Wisconsin , like Illinois, has six games remaining with three on the road.
To me, it feels like if any team gets to 15-5 it's a reasonable bet it'll at least tie for the conference crown and a 16-4 mark would put a team in position to win the league outright.
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